Improvement in springs for vehicles



E. CHAMBERLIN.

Springs for Vehicles.

` M I No.l5l,274. y PatentedMay 26,1874.

Wmsses. I A M46, @ze m XQMQQW L@ fw @MC M4;

EDVIN OHAMBERLIN, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, LEE OHAMBERLIN, AND EDWARD OHAMBERLIN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRINGS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 15h27@ dated May 26, 1874; application led March 5, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN CHAMBERLIN, of the city of Troy, county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hanging Side- Bar Buggy-Bodies, which are simple in conY struction, efficient in operation, and durable in use; and the improvement consists in increasing the elasticity and ease ot' riding of side-ba-r buggies by hanging the body, by certain pivots and slats, to springs that are placed or secured inside or under, and parallel to, the side bars, in combination as more fully hereinafter described; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exa-ct description i. thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, with letters of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

Figure l is a general view of a buggy-body, D, hung with my imprbvements. Fig. 2 is a view ot' the side bar A, provided with plate O, inserted in and secured to the side by clips a, or other well-known means. Fig. 3 shows the springs B secured to the bar A, in a moditied form. Fig. A shows the spring B hung inside of the bars A. Figs. 5 and (i are views of the spring B. Fig. 7 is a plan view ofthe spring' B, hung parallel to and inside of the side bars A. Fig. S is a transverse view of the bar A, and shows the loop b joined to the end of the spring B by the pivot c. Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of the end of the spring B, showing' the elongated eye j". Fig. l0 is a view of the side bar A, and part ot' the bars d and spring B, with the loop b in the end thereof.

The construction of side-bar buggies has been such that ease of riding and elasticityT have been sacriiiced to lightness and compactness of l'orm over the ordinary end-spring buggy.

The objects of Athis invention are secured b v placing' half-springs B parallel to and under o r inside of the side bars A, and using them in combination for hanging the body D. rlhe springs B are secured under the side bars A by any well-known means, or are. hung inside the side bars A by one or more bars, d, Figs. 7 and 10. Running' underthc bodyD,and attached at either end to the side bars A upon these bars d, Fig. 4, a block, e, is placed, upon which the 'spring B rests and is secured. rlhe bars d extend, in the form of lugs, under the block c, and receive the bolts or clips with which the springs may be attached, so as to strengthen the parts at that place. The bars d may be one or more, as may be necessary to steady the barsA and provide means for hanging the springs B to form a connection with the body D. The springs P are provided with elongated eyes f in either or both ends, that receive the pivot-c on the end of the bodyloop b, which is bolted fast to the body. rlhe springs B move on the pivots c during all the movements of the carriage, both in a circular and longitudinal direction.

As the greatest strain comes on the side bar A, it is strengthened by the plate c, let into the wood on the inside of the bar, as shown in Fig. 2, or attached to the side of the bar, as shown in Fig. 3.

By this arrangement of springs, bars, and body-loops, for hanging` buggy-bodies, the body is hung low, rendering the carriage compact and giving great elasticity.

rlhe spring may be made any length, and attached directly to the body by the pivot c and loop b, or any well-known means.

rIhe bars A are attached at their ends to the running parts, as is usual in side-bar buggies.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The bars A and d, in combination with the springs 'B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. rlhe combination of one or more bars, d, with the side bars A, to form a bearing for the spring B, substantially as set forth.

3. rlhe body-loops b, provided with pivots c, in combination with springs B and bars A and d, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. v

4. rlhe plate O, in combination with the bar B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

nDwIN onniunnnnin.

Witnesses:

Isaac PITT, JOHN W. McPnnnsoN. 

